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River Tummel GY 270

River Tummel Built 1918 Ritchie Graham & Milne Glasgow for The Admiralty as Strath Class Trawler as Thomas Foley
05/1923 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby renamed River Tummel
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
12/1938 Moved to Lowestoft renamed Belton 
1940 Hired by the Admiralty as an examination vessel
1945 Employed on Navigation Exercises at Grimsby then Returned 
1949 Sold to R Irvin & Sons Ltd Aberdeen But registered at Lowestoft 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 143768
  • Yard Number 367 
  • Admiralty Number 3751
  • Armament 1 12pdr 1 3.5 Howitzer Bomb Thrower
  • GT 202 NT 88 
  • Dimensions 115.8 x 22.2 x 12.1 
  • Engines 3 cyl 12, 20, 34 x 23in by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Glasgow 
  • Call Sign GDTZ